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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 02:24 PM
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Damn! He must be merikan!
Koala survives 60-mph impact, 7 miles in grille
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25681756/?GT1=43001

Marsupial bounces back from shock after he's cut from front of vehicle
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"Lucky" koala cheats death
July 15: A koala named Ely "Lucky Grills" is recovering after being struck by a car and dragged for miles.
msnbc.com

updated 7:05 p.m. MT, Mon., July. 14, 2008
CANBERRA, Australia - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at about 60 mph and dragged with his head jammed through the vehicle grille for about 7 miles is being dubbed Australia's luckiest marsupial.

The eight-year-old male koala, named "Ely 'Lucky' Grills" by rescuers, was struck by an unwitting motorist north of Brisbane and found only when the car stopped after being flagged down by another vehicle.

"To have him survive and virtually unscathed is quite miraculous," Australian Wildlife Hospital spokeswoman Carolyn Beaton told Reuters on Tuesday.

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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 02:31 PM
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1. COR! Steve Erwin is lookin' out for his mates in the aftalyfe!
n/t
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 02:50 PM
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2. We've been stuck in the grill for 7 years and 7 months and still hanging on, w no one to cut us out!
Ya think Steve could lend us a hand?
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 03:09 PM
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3. Shouldn't he be named Bear Grills?
:shrug:

-Hoot
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